slick的词源

英文词源

slick

slick: see sleek

slick (v.)

Old English -slician (in nigslicod "newly made sleek"), from Proto-Germanic *slikojan, from base *slikaz (cognates: Old Norse slikr "smooth," Old High German slihhan "to glide," German schleichen "to creep, crawl, sneak," Dutch slijk "mud, mire"), from PIE *sleig- "to smooth, glide, be muddy," from root *(s)lei- "slimy" (see slime (n.)). Related: Slicked; slicking.

slick (n.)

1620s, a kind of cosmetic, from slick (v.). Meaning "smooth place on the surface of water caused by oil, etc." is attested from 1849. Meaning "a swindler, clever person" is attested from 1959.

slick (adj.)

early 14c., "smooth, glossy, sleek" (of skin or hair); sense of "clever in deception" is first recorded 1590s; that of "first-class, excellent" is from 1833. Related: Slickly; slickness.

中文词源

slick：使光滑，使漂亮，油滑的，花言巧语的，虚有其表的

来自古英语-slician,使光滑，来自 Proto-Germanic*slikana,滑动，来自 PIE*sleig,滑动，来自 PIE*slei,滑的，词源同 slime,slip.引申诸相关词义。

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